The intensive nationwide vaccination effort has added further confidence for the industry to gear up for re-opening, says Tourism Fiji chief executive officer Brent Hill.
Tourism Fiji yesterday stated that the number of tourism operators signing up to Tourism Fiji’s Care Fiji Commitment Programme (CFC) was steadily rising, as the industry geared up to re-open in late 2021.
Mr Hill said in the past two weeks alone, 28 properties had their 100 per cent of their eligible team members vaccinated and now had access to the CFC vaccine toolkit and resources.
“This has brought the total number of CFC-approved tourism operators to 172, which is of course very encouraging.
“It speaks to the commitment of the industry to be ready for visitors with health and safety as key priorities,” he said.
According to Tourism Fiji the CFC-approved properties in Fiji gained access to Tourism Fiji’s CFC toolkit and resources for use in their marketing, promotions and display efforts, adding that 16 per cent of these properties are already fully vaccinated.
“The latest 28 properties and operators who have been added to the CFC-approved list have 100 per cent of their staff fully vaccinated, which is quite outstanding.
“They are now able to proudly display Tourism Fiji’s 100 per cent vaccinated stamp to further strengthen their appeal to prospective visitors.
“We have no doubt that the strong vaccination drive led by the Fijian Ministry for Health will see all our 172 CFC-approved properties achieve 100 per cent vaccinated status in the coming weeks.”
Mr Hill said Tourism Fiji would continue to support the industry in its preparations as they look forward for the safe re-opening of borders.
